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An obsolete oldie...
I hatched a crazy weird one that makes my heart flutter. I know chances are HUGE that this one will just look special, and not be a genetic morph, but man it is making me so excited once again, about breeding corns!
This one showed up out of a female okeetee which was purchased as an adult breeder from Kathy Love by my friend Lu. The male I purchased early in my "corn career" from someone who was selling me a couple mediocre sunglow motleys and sent a male zigzag okeetee as a filler for a low cost animal for me to re-sell.
Well, I fell in love with the male and couldn't sell him. Fast forward to this spring. I bred the two snakes together, they had a decent first clutch, which of course hatched all Okeetees. Not amazing quality, but nice enough.
Well the female ended up becoming sporadic on feeding, also ending up with a strange lump on her back which suddenly started growing and changing <keep in mind this girl we suspect is now a good 8 or 9 years old> I wanted to observe the lump for a few days, and during this time she double clutched with 15 eggs. Only three looked good, not surprising due to the fact she was not re-introduced.
After the double she really started looking crappy so we've been back and forth too two different vets, had x-rays, fine needle aspirates and have tried different approaches to hope for recovery. To no evail.. I feel in my heart her days are numbered...
Well, two of the three eggs went bad, and the third hatched. What is it?!? I HAVE NO FRICKIN' IDEA!!!! The thing looks like a sunkissed lavender but not? the colour is very similar to the lavenders I've hatched, but almost has a hint of colour, kinda ghosty okeetee? The sunkissed thing isn't really there, there's just a different head pattern and a few freckles. The eyes are pretty darn clear so I don't suspect all of the strangeness in colour to be chalked up to being "in blue". I'lll surely wait with baited breath for that post hatch shed.
Shame it is a male... It's going to take me that much longer to see if this is genetic at all
Yay though, for the fact this thing is huge, and very agressive!!! Bodes well for his eating later in time!
See what you think?!?!?!
Rebecca
This one showed up out of a female okeetee which was purchased as an adult breeder from Kathy Love by my friend Lu. The male I purchased early in my "corn career" from someone who was selling me a couple mediocre sunglow motleys and sent a male zigzag okeetee as a filler for a low cost animal for me to re-sell.
Well, I fell in love with the male and couldn't sell him. Fast forward to this spring. I bred the two snakes together, they had a decent first clutch, which of course hatched all Okeetees. Not amazing quality, but nice enough.
Well the female ended up becoming sporadic on feeding, also ending up with a strange lump on her back which suddenly started growing and changing <keep in mind this girl we suspect is now a good 8 or 9 years old> I wanted to observe the lump for a few days, and during this time she double clutched with 15 eggs. Only three looked good, not surprising due to the fact she was not re-introduced.
After the double she really started looking crappy so we've been back and forth too two different vets, had x-rays, fine needle aspirates and have tried different approaches to hope for recovery. To no evail.. I feel in my heart her days are numbered...
Well, two of the three eggs went bad, and the third hatched. What is it?!? I HAVE NO FRICKIN' IDEA!!!! The thing looks like a sunkissed lavender but not? the colour is very similar to the lavenders I've hatched, but almost has a hint of colour, kinda ghosty okeetee? The sunkissed thing isn't really there, there's just a different head pattern and a few freckles. The eyes are pretty darn clear so I don't suspect all of the strangeness in colour to be chalked up to being "in blue". I'lll surely wait with baited breath for that post hatch shed.
Shame it is a male... It's going to take me that much longer to see if this is genetic at all
Yay though, for the fact this thing is huge, and very agressive!!! Bodes well for his eating later in time! See what you think?!?!?!
Rebecca
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